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I can't stand perkins, so I will root against him every single time (sorry Durant). I'm actually pulling for the Spurs to win it (of the remaining teams) so Duncan can ride off into the sunset. I wouldn't mind seeing Indiana win it either.

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A Heat/OKC Finals will never be worthwhile as long as Bosh is out of the equation.

Bosh or not the backcourt play would make for entertaining viewing. But whatever, until Isaiah Thomas leads the Kings to glory I don't care much. (*sigh*)

Originally Posted by Gribbz

You can't ignore the absence of Rose/Bosh. Be foolish not take that into account. Would the Lakers be the same team without Kobe/Bynum/Gasol? Obviously not.

What does this comparison even mean? The Lakers aren't good enough even with their "big 3" as is? Trololol. The Heat are clearly struggle city without Bosh though. Shallow bench outside of the heavy hitters. Danger danger.

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^hahahaha.

Man, I went to the Dodgers game last night and they periodically showed the score of the Lakers/OKC game on the big screen and I was getting so discouraged. When the game was over and we finally made it back to the car, I turned on the game just in time to hear the Lakers lost! Big surprise and I wish I had recorded the game or something so I could see how it all went down. Guess highlights will have to do. It had to have been a major heartbreaker. I couldn't tell, but did OKC ever lead until the end of the game? Everytime they showed the score at the Dodgers game the Lakers were up by double digits.

Originally Posted by Newro7ic

Lakers fans are some of the most delusional people in the world, I swear.

my name is casey. i love pavement and i want to pet every dog in the world.

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The Pacers are pulling a fake tough-guy act, and Miami is doing nothing about it. Joel Anthony, Udonis Haslem, Ronny Turiaf? Somebody needs to foul Granger hard. I miss the days of Charles Oakley, Rick Mahorn, etc. At least Juwan Howard tried to take care of Lance Stephenson and got in his face before the game.

Originally Posted by RandyInHeaven

Devin - how does it feel to know that there are still more women in the world that would fuck me at this very moment than would fuck you?

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Personally, I think Wade and Lebron get to walk around the league as the assumed "best players" and because of that not enough people fuck with them on the court, physically and mentally. Now the Pacers are doing just that.

And both of Miami's stars are responding with cheap elbows and shit, what's up with that.

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It's an imperfect analogy (and reveals my frame of reference), but LeBron reminds me so much of A-Rod. The clumsy, overly deferential way he tries to navigate playing with the other superstar who was the franchise player before he came to town. The tendency to over-think everything in the clutch instead of letting instinct take over. The inexplicable failure to win playoff series. The fact that everyone is rooting against him even though he's the most talented player of his generation.

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Originally Posted by HotHamWater

No, he's from Louisiana. He just played at UNM for a couple of years. His on-court demeanor has changed a lot since then.

He's always been pretty chippy as a pro though. I had great seats to a Suns game a few years ago, and Granger made a cheap/dirty foul against Nash. Both teams got in each other's faces and it looked like a brawl was about to break out, Granger kept talking shit. Every time he touched the ball the crowd relentlessly boo'd him. He made a couple of huge shots and would turn and "shush" the crowd. He was quite the antagonist and it pissed the crowd off even more. Suns eventually won in OT, but he made an otherwise boring game pretty damn exciting.